New York City is hoping to add even more glamour and glitter to its reputation and even more tourists to its streets with the upcoming opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, according to a Reuters report.
The 25,000 square foot annex to the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is due to open in the art-and-fashion district of SoHo in November, and will feature selected artifacts from the Cleveland venue, including Bruce Springsteen’s first car, a 1957 Chevy Convertible, and the original phone booth from the downtown music club CBGB where Patti Smith and Ramones played. There will also be interactive maps highlighting venues like Studio 54 and The Hotel Chelsea.
“There really isn’t a more fitting spot for this museum than New York, the home town of Hall of Famers like the Velvet Underground, Paul Simon, and Blondie,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters yesterday. He later joked that he was one of the few people around when Springsteen’s 57 Chevy was built.
MusicVixen says...
I wonder if Mayor Bloomberg has ever actually listened to the Ramones or Velvet Underground?
